National expert appointed to lead pediatric orthopaedics

For immediate release: January 16, 2015

Joshua M. Abzug, MD, a national expert on pediatric upper extremity conditions, has been appointed deputy surgeon-in-chief for the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital, Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland Medical Center and vice-chair of the Dean’s Council for Pediatric Surgery.

Dr. Abzug will be responsible for helping to manage and grow pediatric the orthopaedic surgery practice at the medical center. An assistant professor of orthopedics and pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, he is also the director of the University of Maryland Brachial Plexus Practice in the University of Maryland Medical System.